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[Photograph 2012.201.B0394.0792]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ethel Merman, second form left, is greeted with a bouquet and smiles Friday at Will Roger World Airport by Mayor Patience Latting, Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce President Richard Harrison and Mrs. John A. Taylor, wife of the president of the Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra board."

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Source context

Dates and time periods associated with this photograph. Creation Date Bookmark this section November 11, 1977 Covered Time Period Bookmark this section Into Modern Times, 1939-Present Coverage Date Bookmark this section November 11, 1977 Added to The Gateway to Oklahoma History Bookmark this section Nov. 18, 2014, 9:51 p.m.

Oklahoma connection

Rendered Oklahoma City Place Name and symphony/newspaper context supply source-assigned Oklahoma association, not independent birth/residency or precise photo-location proof.

People, groups, or instruments recorded

Mixed civic/board-related airport greeting supports orchestra history separately; no direct player evidence and not a vocal-only performance item.

Reading this source

Actor-Singer/Broadway Star are source descriptors; no vocal/theater performance observed or biography promoted. Caption typo 'second form left'/'Will Roger World Airport' retained. Public offices/relationships historical caption claims, not independently verified. Richard Harrison not merged with Guy Fraser Harrison. Own item rights holder/republication basis undetermined; no permission or fair-use determination. Per-page local hashes are recorded in the Markdown record.

Sources

  1. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc421175/